Cuba's history is reflected in its food, language, art, and, most of all, its music. All year round, it seems as if bands are everywhere in Havana. The main musical form is called son, which combines lively rhythms with classical guitar.
Unlike most countries in Latin America, Cuba's favorite sport is not soccer. It's baseball! Baseball came to Cuba from the United States in the s.
Many international baseball stars have come from Cuba, and the Cuban national team is one of the best in the world. Cuba has many different habitats, from mountain forests to jungles and grasslands. There are even small deserts. These different ecosystems are home to unique plants and animals found only in Cuba.
Many interesting creatures live in Cuba's thick forests. Most famous is the bee hummingbird, the world's smallest bird. Adult bee hummingbirds grow to only two inches five centimeters long. The world's smallest frog also lives in Cuba. Cuba is a socialist state run by the Cuban Communist Party.
Cubans vote for their leaders, but the communist party is the only legal party. Fidel Castro was president, prime minister, and commander of the armed forces until February , when he stepped down due to a lengthy illness.
The United States had been hostile toward Cuba since the communists took power in , but in the United States reopened its embassy in Cuba—where American diplomats live to work with the Cuban government.
Soon after, Cuba did the same in the United States. Three mountain ranges dominate the Cuban terrain, but by far the best known and most rugged is the eastern Sierra Maestra, where peaks rise to almost 6, feet 1, m.
Geography - note: largest country in Caribbean and westernmost island of the Greater Antilles. Prevailing trade winds combine with warm waters of the Gulf Stream to produce a mild and semitropical climate.
Occasional near-freezing temperatures occur only in mountain areas. The dry season lasts from November to April. Terrain: mostly flat to rolling plains, with rugged hills and mountains in the southeast. Natural Resources: cobalt, nickel, iron ore, chromium, copper, salt, timber, silica, petroleum, arable land.
Toggle navigation. Photo by: juan35mm. Cuba's capital city, Havana, is located on its north coast. User Contributions: 1. This was the only site that I could find that would tell me what state in the US Cuba is relevant to in size. The article was very helpful to me in establishing the actual size of the whole of the Carribean. Wow this really is helpful.
Hopefully I do good on my spanish project. College professors are tough grders!! Really helpful info. Moreover, the island does not have an insular base, it floats, it also now has 20 provinces versus the only 6 it had back in '66 when I left.
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